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About Ohio State's Heart and Vascular Center

A reputation for excellence

At Ohio State’s Heart and Vascular Center, patients have access to a level of care not available anywhere else in the region:

Ohio State is considered one of the nation’s best hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery, as ranked by U.S.News & World Report. The Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital is the only central Ohio hospital to earn a spot on the list.

The Richard M. Ross Hospital is recognized as a Magnet Hospital for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

The Ross Heart Hospital was awarded the Beacon Award for Excellence in 2013, recognized as having one of the best critical care units in the nation by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Our patient care philosophy encompasses three important areas:

OutcomesWorking to deliver the best possible treatment results for you.

SafetyProviding the right care to the right patient at the right time, in a safe and secure environment.

ServicePersonalizing your care to meet your specific needs.

Your heart and health are in good hands at Ohio State’s Heart and Vascular Center. Call 614-293-7677 to schedule an appointment with our heart and vascular experts.

Tour Ohio State's Ross Heart Hospital

Each floor of Ohio State's 290,000-square-foot, 150-bed heart hospital is dedicated to a specific service, such as cardiac surgery or vascular medicine. Our universal room model allows most patients to stay in the same private room and be treated by a dedicated care team during their hospitalization, regardless of changes in their condition.

Ohio State's Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital

Learn more about the cardovascular treatments available at Ohio State's Ross Heart Hospital.

Our Leaders

Our leaders

Thomas Ryan, MD, MBA

Director, The Ohio State University Heart and Vascular Center

He holds the John G. and Jeanne Bonnet McCoy Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and leads the Medical Center’s Heart Program. Dr. Ryan also serves as a professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Ryan has authored or co-authored more than 200 published articles, book chapters and abstracts. He is a national expert on cardiac ultrasound technology, and co-author of the leading textbook on cardiovascular ultrasound. Dr. Ryan is a member of the American Society of Echocardiography.

William Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC

Dr. Abraham is routinely recognized as one of the “Best Doctors in America” and was the inaugural designated Chair of Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine at Ohio State’s College of Medicine. He has co-edited a leading textbook on heart failure, has been a principal investigator in more than 100 multicenter clinical drug and device trials and has authored more than 600 professional works. Dr. Abraham earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowships in cardiology and heart failure/cardiac transplantation at the University of Colorado.

Juan Crestanello, MD

Dr. Crestanello is the section director of Ohio State's Cardiac Surgery program. He focuses on the treatment and evaluation of patients with heart valve disease and adult congenital pathologies. His research interests include minimally invasive valve surgery, valvular heart disease, hybrid coronary revascularization, and the effect of hyponatremia on cardiac surgery outcomes.

Marti Taylor, MSN, RN

Marti Taylor has served on the board of directors for the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators and she is a member of a number of prestigious professional organizations. She has authored five articles in peer-reviewed journals. Ms. Taylor began her career at Duke University where she became director of heart center nursing, associate operating officer of the heart center clinical service unit, associate vice president of cardiovascular services, as well as a clinical associate with the Duke University School of Nursing.

Peter Mohler, PhD

Director, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute

Dr. Mohler, a prominent medical researcher, earned a doctorate in molecular physiology in 2000 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in 2004 at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Duke University. He was named a Pew Scholar by the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2007 and a Kavli Scholar of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2009. His research program focuses on solving the pathways underlying such conditions ascardiac arrhythmia, diabetes and neurological dysfunction.